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Should Jeb Bush run in 2016?: What do you think?

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In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Chicago. Getting ready to run for president means working through a hefty checklist of activities long before most people are paying attention to the contest ahead. Prep work, positioning and auditioning don't wait for the primary season. And the pace is picking up. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File);FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Chicago. Getting ready to run for president means working through a hefty checklist of activities long before most people are paying attention to the contest ahead. Prep work, positioning and auditioning don't wait for the primary season. And the pace is picking up. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

"Jeb Bush can trace some of his most appealing qualities as a potential presidential candidate for a diversifying electorate to his 40-year partnership with his Mexican-born wife, Columba.

The couple speak Spanish to one another, and their lives have been immersed in Hispanic culture and the immigrant experience.

But Columba’s intense distaste for the public arena is one of the issues weighing most heavily on the former Florida governor as he grapples with whether to run for the White House in 2016, according to interviews with friends, former staffers and GOP donors close to the family. These people said Columba may be willing to take on the burdens of a campaign, yet even then the couple would need to find a way to craft a comfortable role for her.

... Jeb Bush, 61, has acknowledged that he is thinking about running, indicating he will make a decision later this year. He has repeatedly said he will decide based on whether he believes he can run an optimistic, hopeful campaign — run “joyfully,” as he has put it — as well as whether a campaign would be the right thing for his family.

Presidential campaigns have come to rely heavily on candidates’ family members playing visible roles such as fundraising, speaking and submitting to media interviews. Spouses have increasingly become full-fledged fill-ins for the candidates. Sons and daughters help the candidate forge ties with younger voters and can soften and humanize a candidate’s image."

Some thoughts to ponder:

1. Should ex-Gov. Bush run in 2016, or has America had enough of two-family rule in the White House?

2. If you're a Republican, do you have an early pick for 2016? Who on the GOP bench is best suited to run? Ted Cruz? Rand Paul? Marco Rubio? Paul Ryan?

3. If you're a Democrat - same question. Is it Hillary's turn? Elizabeth Warren's? Or do you have someone else in mind.

4. And, finally, if Mrs. Bush says 'no mas' should that be it for Jeb Bush's White House aspirations?